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The 20 highest paying bachelor degrees after graduation

The 20 highest paying bachelor degrees after graduation

With tuition fees becoming ever-more expensive, you’ll want to get bang for your buck in terms of what you choose to study.

The College Salary Report 2017-2018 from Payscale demonstrates the future earning potential of various university courses based upon surveys of some 2.3 million graduates across 2,700 colleges and universities.

“In today’s job market, having a bachelor’s degree is nearly a necessity to land a rewarding, well-paying job with any possibility for advancement; a bachelor’s degree is almost essential for entry into most professional careers,” said Payscale.

“In certain lines of work, like teaching and engineering, you cannot enter the field without holding at least a bachelor’s degree.”

Courses in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields dominated the top 20 on Payscale’s list, with the first non-STEM course of Government appearing at number 36 followed, interestingly, by Japanese Language in 39th place.